When your vacation starts with an iPhone notification that an unknown air tag has been traveling with you.

My best friend married a narcissist nearly 10 years ago. The marriage was abusive, and it took years for her to leave. When she tried to move out of state because she couldn’t afford the cost of living, he won primary custody, claiming it was in their child’s best interest to stay. Three days later, he announced he was moving out of state too.

Even from hours away, he keeps trying to make her life miserable—pushing the limits of the custody order and attempting to monitor her conversations with their son.

Then my iPhone alerted me that an unknown AirTag was traveling with me. I tracked it down. We found it hidden in his insole. The last four digits were linked to his new wife’s number